Background
Kim, Tae-Young was born in 1949 in Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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Tae-Young Kim
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Education
Graduate, Korea Military Academy, 1973. Bachelor in German Linguistics and Literature, Sogang University, 1977. Attended, Yonsei University Graduate School Business, 1982.
Career
Second lieutenant through the grades to general Republic of Korea Armed Forces, since 1973, Commander 26th Artillery Battalion, 1984—1989, Commander artillery regiment 8th Infantry Division, 1991—1993, vice Commander 56th Infantry Division, 1993—1995, chief strategic planning, Joint Chiefs Staff, 1995—1996, executive defense assistant to the Blue House, 1996—1997, Commander 6th Artillery Brigade, 1997—1998, executive assistant to minister defense, 1998—2000, Commander 23d Infantry Division, 2000—2002, deputy chief of staff planning & management, Republic of Korea Army Headquarters, 2002—2003, commanding general Capital Defense Command, 2004—2005, commanding general First Republic of Korea Army, 2006—2008. Executive assistant to the chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff, Republic of Korea, 1989—1991, chief director operations, 2005—2006, chairman, chief director Joint Defense Headquarters, since 2008. Director general policy planning bureau Ministry National Defense, Republic of Korea, 2003—2004.
Minister defense Government of Republic of Korea, since 2009.
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Connections
Married Beom-sook Lee. 2 children.
